Press Releases

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ACLU-PA and Education Law Center Share Guidance Regarding Immigration Enforcement at Pennsylvania Schools

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Education Law Center have shared a letter of legal guidance about interacting with ICE with Pennsylvania public school district superintendents and charter school CEOs. 

New Poll From ACLU of Pa. Shows Voters Want Solutions That Improve Lives on Immigration and Public Safety

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has released the results of public polling that reveals the commonwealth’s voters seek solutions that prevent crime and improve people’s lives and a humane system of immigration.

ACLU-PA, Legal Services of New Jersey, UPenn File Federal Complaint Over Conditions at Moshannon Valley Processing Center

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and co-counsel have filed a federal complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties over inhumane conditions at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU-PA Announces Settlement with Pennsylvania State Police in Ethnic Profiling Lawsuit

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has settled a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police, alleging the agency ethnically profiled ten Latino drivers and passengers, who were stopped, questioned about their immigration status, and detained for prolonged periods.

ACLU: Clearfield County Violated State Law Before Vote on Immigration Detention Contracts

When the Clearfield County commissioners approved two contracts with a private prison company to open the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast, they failed to provide public notice as required by state law, depriving community members of the chance to comment on the contract.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Rebukes President Biden for Breaking Campaign Promise to End Privatized Immigration Detention

The Biden administration has entered into at least one new Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agreement to expand its use of private prisons, despite a campaign promise and an executive order from President Biden to end the use of privately run detention facilities. 
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

In New Lawsuit, Advocates Seek Documents on Civil Immigration Arrests

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic at Villanova University filed a federal lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today, seeking documents that indicate how the agency’s officers engage in civil immigration enforcement.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Asks Court to Expand Immigration Detention Case to a Class Action Lawsuit to Protect More People from COVID-19

Lawyers representing 13 people freed from immigration detention by a federal court ruling in March have asked the court to expand the reach of that order by converting it into a class action lawsuit.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights